Kia Telluride
Owners filed 1,996 complaints across 7 model years of the Kia Telluride. The 2020 drew the most (758); the 2027 the fewest (21).
Model years7
Complaints1,996
Recalls35
Fires23
Deaths1
Every Kia Telluride model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 21 | 2 | — | 1 | Seat Belts | Routine | |
| 2025 | 112 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2024 | 215 | 5 | 2 | 6 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2023 | 206 | 6 | 2 | 5 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2022 | 322 | 7 | 4 | 10 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2021 | 362 | 5 | 4 | 7 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2020 | 758 | 7 | 9 | 8 | Exterior Lighting | Fatalities reported |
Which Kia Telluride years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2020 is the weakest year on record, with 758 complaints concentrated in the exterior lighting. It carries 7 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.